In Connecticut, physical therapy assistant is a shrinking field. 180 less physical therapy assistant professionals were working in Connecticut in 2010, than there were in 2006. This represents a 16% decline in the field. This is faster than the trend for physical therapy assistant professionals around the US. Nationally, the number of physical therapy assistant professionals has grown by 7% between 2006 and 2010.

The salaries paid to physical therapy assistant professionals are growing in Connecticut. The mean salary for physical therapy assistant professionals in 2006 was $34,175 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $41,350 per year.

This represents a 17% growth in salaries. State trends for all professions mirror this growth. Within the field of physical therapy assistant, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid physical therapy assistant professionals earning 82% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Connecticut state.

Average Salaries for Physical therapy assistant professionals and related professions in Connecticut

Physical Therapy

$81,790

Physical Therapy Assistant

$41,350

Sports Medicine

$55,228

Physical therapy assistant professionals in Connecticut earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.

Educational Trends

Physical Therapy Assistant programs available for each degree type for all schools in Connecticut

associate

7

bachelor

0

master

0

doctor

0

Certificate

0

Total

7

As the number of physical therapy assistant professionals is decreasing in Connecticut state, the number of students graduating from the 7 accredited physical therapy assistant schools in Connecticut state is increasing. In Connecticut, there were 7 graduates in 2006. And there were 15 graduates from physical therapy assistant courses in 2010.

Thus there was a 114% percent increase in the number of physical therapy assistant school degree or certificate graduates in Connecticut. Most of these graduates, or 100%, earned an associate's degree in physical therapy assistant.

Physical Therapy Assistant Faculty Salaries in Connecticut

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